This report is entirely taken from my trip-report made in a Reddit /r/solotravel report. Prelude: In november 2018 I made a two week trip to Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan. I did the typical tourist schedule in Iran, then journeyed to the off-the-beaten path destination of Iranian Kurdistan before finally heading to Iraqi Kurdistan. This post … Continue reading A Tale of two Kurdistans (Iran & Iraq part 2)
Read the first part of the series of my trip to Svalbard here! The second day on Svalbard was also the one with by far the worst weather. Actually very non-arctic-y weather! It was overcast the entire day, with temperatures hovering at 1-2 degree celcius (yeah, not negative!) - in the deep arctic, in December. … Continue reading Polar night in Svalbard – Part 2
Last year I started a new "tradition" (or what I hope to turn into a tradition over time anyways) of going to to winter-y destinations in December, close to Christmas, to get into the Christmas spirit. Last year my choice fell upon the swedish capital, Stockholm, as I wanted a nice christmas market and christmas … Continue reading Polar night in Svalbard – Part 1
Beware that this article is written almost 3 years after this trip, so some details are very likely to be blurred, or missing. In 2015 during a trip to Armenia, I had a chance to visit the breakaway republic of Nagorno Karabakh (known as Artsakh in Armenia). Historical background It's a disputed Armenian enclave inside … Continue reading Nagorno Karabakh, and my worst travel-illness yet
During my trip to the Republic of Moldova, my main interest wasn't actually going around Moldova, but rather visiting one of the last true communist states in the world, which is located right here in the heart of Europe. I am talking about Transnistria. Transnistria is a unrecognized break-away republic that is officially recognized as … Continue reading A day in the Soviet pocket of Europe
Abandoning the Fjords 